{"id":7946,"date":"2021-03-15T15:49:01","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T19:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=7946"},"modified":"2021-03-15T15:54:07","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T19:54:07","slug":"episode-284-massey-ferguson-demolition-parkdale-c-i-staff-and-students-make-a-film-set-come-alive-part-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=7946","title":{"rendered":"EPISODE 284 MASSEY FERGUSON DEMOLITION: PARKDALE C.I. STAFF AND STUDENTS MAKE A FILM SET COME ALIVE (PART ONE)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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NOTE:  THIS story can stand alone.  One year Around 1980 a whole movie<\/div>\n
set from the demolition of Massey Ferguson was moved to our<\/div>\n
high school auditorium.  Play Chuck Berry\u2019s SCHOOL DAYS while<\/div>\n
reading below.  I mean it.  Get the recording going…<\/div>\n

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EPISODE 284   MASSEY FERGUSON DEMOLITION:   PARKDALE COLLEGIATE  INSTITUTE BEOMES A FILM SET<\/p>\n


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alan skeoch<\/div>\n
March 2021<\/div>\n

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About the time the Massey Ferguson factory was being demolished, our high school, Parkdale Collegiate was a big<\/div>\n
part of my life.   One day I brought the two together\u2026the demolition site on King Street West and PCI on Jameson<\/div>\n
Avenue<\/div>\n

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If life is to be enjoyable then laughter is a key element.  At PCI we tried to mix the good times with the rigour of<\/div>\n
academia.   Successfully done I feel.   <\/div>\n

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One day while rummaging through the wreckage at the Massey Ferguson factory<\/div>\n
I noticed  a film crew doing the same thing.  Rummaging. They even made the wreckage look worse by having graffiti artists spray<\/div>\n
symbols all over the bricks.  I think it was supposed to be the wreckage of  New  York City after some disaster.<\/div>\n
Bottom line is that when the film was finished and the set was piled with the trash I moved in with my truck and loaded up all the discarded props  and<\/div>\n
set material.  Garish signs with big dollops of paint over and under.  A  real mess.  Looked terrific.  Drove the stuff to Parkdale <\/div>\n
and staff and  student remodelled  our auditorium into a rock and roll music hall in New York City.  Some of the staff and<\/div>\n
students were already rehearsing \u201cSchool Days\u201d,  that fever pitched song promoted by Jerry Lee Lewis I think.  No, it was Chuck Berry.<\/div>\n
 Mary Hunter, staff member, had been a cheerleader in the past and gave leadership not that much was necessary.  The school was exploding with anticipation<\/div>\n

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Up in the mornin’ and out to school
The teacher is teachin’ the Golden Rule
American history and practical math
You study’ em hard and hopin’ to pass
Workin’ your fingers right down to the bone
And the guy behind you won’t leave you alone

Ring ring goes the bell
The cook in the lunchroom’s ready to sell
You’re lucky if you can find a seat
You’re fortunate if you have time to eat
Back in the classroom open you books
Gee but the teacher don’t know
How mean she looks

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We dressed ourselves up as outlandishly as possible for our annual rock<\/div>\n
and roll assembly.  We did this often each year but that one year was really special because the set design was<\/div>\n
perfect.   About mid way through our preparations there was a visit by a young man.  \u201cIt\u2019s about the movie set.”<\/div>\n
He  had planned to pick it up as well.  In other words he knew it was junk.  But good  junk.  \u201cYes, come into<\/div>\n
the auditorium and take a look.\u201d  He was impressed.  \u201cDo you suppose I could have the New  York subway signs<\/div>\n
when your show is over?\u201d   \u201cSure, take what you want.\u201d   The  music  of Chuck Berry was busting up the the<\/div>\n
speakers.   Everybody gyrating even if not on stage.   This was one grand  use for a discarded movie set.<\/div>\n

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The pictures of staff and students above and below will give you an idea.  With all he feverish energy that only<\/div>\n
teen agers can inject.  Sorry, not true.   i meant to say all the feverish energy that only teen-agers and their teacher <\/div>\n
could inject.<\/div>\n

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NOTE:  This is only Part One:  The pictures are from various rock snd roll shows.  And from the Parkdale Centennial celebration.  <\/div>\n

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ENOUGH SAID\u2026TOO MANY WORDS WOULD SPOIL THE IMPACT<\/div>\n

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alan skeoch<\/div>\n
March 15, 2021<\/div>\n
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alan skeoch<\/div>\n
March 15, 2021<\/div>\n

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Up in the mornin’ and out to school
The teacher is teachin’ the Golden Rule
American history and practical math
You study’ em hard and hopin’ to pass
Workin’ your fingers right down to the bone
And the guy behind you won’t leave you alone

Ring ring goes the bell
The cook in the lunchroom’s ready to sell
You’re lucky if you can find a seat
You’re fortunate if you have time to eat
Back in the classroom open you books
Gee but the teacher don’t know
How mean she looks

Soon as three o’clock rolls around
You finally lay your burden down
Close up your books, get out of your seat

Down the halls and into the street
Up to the corner and ’round the bend
Right to the juke joint you go in

Drop the coin right into the slot
You gotta hear something that’s really hot

With the one you love you’re makin’ romance
All day long you been
Wantin’ to dance
Feelin’ the music from head to toe
‘Round and ’round and ’round you go

Drop the coin right into the slot
You gotta hear something that’s really hot

With the one you love you’re makin’ romance
All day long you been
Wantin’ to dance
Feelin’ the music from head to toe
‘Round and ’round and ’round you go

Hail, hail rock’n’roll
Deliver me from the days of old
Long live rock’n’roll
The beat of the drum is loud and bold
Rock rock rock’n’roll
The feelin’ is there body and soul<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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NOTE:  THIS story can stand alone.  One year Around 1980 a whole movie set from the demolition of Massey Ferguson was moved to our high school auditorium.  Play Chuck Berry\u2019s SCHOOL DAYS while reading below.  I mean it.  Get the recording going… EPISODE 284   MASSEY FERGUSON DEMOLITION:   PARKDALE COLLEGIATE  INSTITUTE BEOMES A FILM […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7946\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}